Retail Telecommunications, Networking, and Mobile Solutions Trends

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Global Retail Insights Opinion
• In This Report
  • Methodology
    • IDC EVM Survey 2007
    • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, Survey Respondent Profiles by Company Size (% of Companies)
    • Global Retail Insights Survey 2008
    • Figure: Global Retail Insights Survey 2008, Survey Respondent Profiles by Company Size (% of Companies)
  • Mobile Solution Areas
• SITUATION OVERVIEW
• Figure: EMEA Retail, 2007 IT Spending Allocation (% Share)
  • Strategic Business Priorities in European Retail
  • Retail Networking Technology Directions - On the Road to Next-Generation Shopping
  • Figure: Wide Area Network Technologies Used by European Retailers
  • European Retail/Wholesale Annual Communication Expenditure
  • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007, Communication Budget (% of Respondents)
  • Figure: Networking and Mobile Hardware Spending, 2007, European Retail (% of Total Hardware External Expenditures)
  • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007, Retail-Specific Mobile Devices IT Vendors Allocation (Mean % of Budget)
  • Adoption of Mobile Solutions in European Retail/Wholesale
  • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007, Adoption of Mobile Solutions (% of Respondents)
    • Key Barriers to Retail-Specific Mobile Device Adoption
    • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007, Key Barriers to Retail-Specific Mobile Solutions Adoption (% of Respondents)
• Future outlook
  • Do the Current Retail Dynamics Require Advanced IP Networks?
  • Figure: Advanced IP Networks Enabling Retail Evolution
  • Figure: Drivers of Network Spending, EU Retail
  • Figure: Applications Used on the WAN, European Retail
  • Mobile Solutions and Wireless Networks Investment Plans
  • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007, Mobile Solutions Adoption Plan (% of Respondents)
  • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007, WiFi Network Implementation Plan (% of Respondents)
  • Mobile Solution Strategies
  • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007, Mobile Solutions Adoption Plan (% of Respondents)
  • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007, Hardware Allocation of External IT Spending (Mean % of Budget)
  • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007 and 2008, Retail-Specific Mobile Devices Budget by Retail Segment (Mean % of Store System' s IT Budget)
  • Figure: Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2007, Retail-Specific Mobile Devices Budget by Company Revenue (Mean % of Store Systems IT Budget)
  • Telecommunication Strategies
  • Figure: Access Technologies Used, Proportion of Sites, European Retail
  • Figure: Types of Remote Access Used, European Retail
  • Figure: Types of Access Connection Used for Remote Access, European Retail
  • Figure: Use of Advanced Communications Applications, European Retail
  • Figure: Current and Future Extent of Voice/Data Convergence, European Retail
  • Figure: Voice Data Options, European Retail
    • eCommerce Trends
    • Figure: Types of Web Hosting Used, European Retail
      • Cross-Channel Transparency
      • eCommerce Systems Market Overview
      • Figure: EMEA Retail, 2007 eCommerce Software and Multichannel Selling Software Spending Allocation
• Essential Guidance
  • For Retailers
  • For Technology Vendors
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis